Philadelphia Baseball’s Unappreciated Founders: Al Reach and Ben Shibe
Two of America's most important sports figures were dissimilar…
Ducky and The Lip in Italy
At the end of the 1940 baseball season, all of the baseball men…
Is There a Home Field Advantage in the World Series?
This year, for the first time in the history of Major League…
Ted Williams in 1941
Baseball's last .400 hitter was probably the sport's best pure…
The Statistical Impact of World War II on Position Players
In December 1941, the outbreak of the Second World War elicited…
George Sisler and the End of the National Commission
What was George Sisler thinking when he signed a contract to…
Rogers Hornsby in 1932
Rogers Hornsby's will to excellence and his combativeness on…
The 100th Anniversary of ‘Dummy vs. Dummy’
On May 16, 1902, an unprecedented and unparalleled event occurred…
The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed
In reading accounts of the 1903 World Series, I so often came…
Joe Borden: The First No-Hit Pitcher and National League Winner
Ask nearly any baseball fan to identify Joe Borden, and the response…
The Biggest Little Town in Organized Ball: Majors Stadium Welcomed Big Crowds for Minor League Baseball
An industrial lot on the eastern edge of downtown Greenville,…
The Nashville Seraphs, 1895
Like most Southern cities, baseball was introduced to Nashville,…
The Robinsons in Montreal
"We didn't feel like we belong with them." — Lucille and Edgar…
The Sporting News During World War II
"No nation that has had as intimate contact with baseball as…
Let’s Play Three!
Late in the summer of 1914, Doc Reisling, the ballplaying dentist…
George Brace: Baseball’s Foremost Photographer
George Brace officially retired from his vocation as a baseball…
Cyril “Cy” Buker: Coaching in Wisconsin and Pitching for the Dodgers in the 1940s
In 1941, the year the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and propelled…
The Legend of Wild Bill Setley
Throughout baseball's long history, colorful and eccentric characters…
The Spitball and the End of the Deadball Era
"We must look for some legislation before long in regard to the…
The Old Brawl Game: Cubs vs. Dodgers in the 1940s
During the 1940s National League baseball was largely dominated…
August 10, 1883: Toledo, Ohio and Baseball’s Color Line
Friday, August 10, 1883, promised excitement for baseball fans…
Coincidences: Unique Line Scores
On August 8, 1979, the visiting Milwaukee Brewers defeated…
Another Look at Runs Created
One of the many things that make baseball great is the ability…
Normalized Winning Percentage (NWP): Eddie Lopat vs. the Indians, Frank Lary vs. the Yankees
It was recently reported that Eddie Lopat, who pitched for…